Suresh Dharmasena gained his first game in the Wheelchair Tennis Men’s Singles First Round at Roland-Garros, Court 9.
Dharmasena tired Austria’s Josef Riegler. The first set ended 6-1 and the second 6-3.
Naveed Raheem finished 10th overall in the Men’s 400 m Freestyle S9 at the Paris 2024 Paralympics, securing fifth place in Heat 1 with a time of 4:42.71.
Raheem did not qualify for the finals.
A student of D.S. Senanayake College Colombo, Raheem has plenty of years ahead in the sport.
At the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Para Games, he won a Bronze medal.
Pradeep Somasiri, who is another promising Lankan athlete, ranked 10th overall in the finals of the T46 1,500 m athletics finals, clocking 4:01.84 in the race held yesterday (31 August).
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